Barriga De Freira (nuns' Bellies)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 ounce butter, cubed
• 8 ounces bread, crumbled
• 8 egg yolks, beaten
• cinnamon, to taste
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 lightly toast slivered almonds.
• 2 combine water and sugar and heat, until sugar has dissolved, then cook until you get a thick syrup.
• 3 remove from stove top, add butter.
• 4 as soon as butter is molten, add crumbled bread, mix.
• 5 put back onto stove top, add egg yolks and cook slowly until the pudding thickens - don't boil!
• 6 fill into a bowl, garnish with slivered almonds and cinnamon.